Triple

T16754972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Guthe Jansky E407184 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Cyril M. Jansky
Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
E1234336 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Cyril M. Jansky | Statement: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril M. Jansky
Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
  • A. Karl Guthe Jansky
    Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
  • B. Grote Reber
    Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. Charles L. Draper
    Charles L. Draper was a notable figure in natural history whose contributions were significant enough that a major natural history museum was named in his honor.
  • E. Ronald N. Bracewell
    Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Cyril M. Jansky
Triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
Generated description
Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril M. Jansky
Target entity description: Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
  • A. Karl Guthe Jansky
    Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
  • B. Grote Reber
    Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
  • C. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • D. Charles L. Draper
    Charles L. Draper was a notable figure in natural history whose contributions were significant enough that a major natural history museum was named in his honor.
  • E. Ronald N. Bracewell
    Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3abe6b68c8190a5e2a11973f01b8e completed April 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00b283a9808190ba76110cf3c7f3a9 completed May 10, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00b31a57388190b90faa66f9483661 completed May 10, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00b38a31e08190b92a37cb611043df completed May 10, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.